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Kōhei Uchimura

1989 - Today

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Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平, Uchimura Kōhei, born January 3, 1989) is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (team, all-around and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a 21-time World medalist (team, all-around, floor exercise, parallel bars and the horizontal bar). Uchimura was already considered by many in the sport to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after he completely dominated to unprecedented levels in all the major competitions for the entire quad, and finally finishing the season by winning the Olympic individual all-around gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōhei Uchimura has received more than 762,507 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōhei Uchimura is the 173rd most popular gymnast (down from 154th in 2019), the 2,061st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,952nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 173 out of 370Before him are Stoyan Deltchev, Roland Brückner, Tor Lund, Anna Bessonova, Yevgeniya Kanayeva, and Cătălina Ponor. After him are Simona Amânar, Mariana Constantin, Henrietta Ónodi, Andreea Răducan, Lavinia Miloșovici, and Valeri Liukin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 267Before him are Andreu Fontàs, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Nick Calathes, Martin Kližan, Tamannaah, and Fabian Frei. After him are Yoon Doo-joon, João Sousa, Nicolás Lodeiro, Alberto Botía, Jane Levy, and Maxime Gonalons.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 2,061 out of 6,245Before him are Takahiro Kimura (1957), Masaki Suda (1993), Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981), Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957), Kazuya Kamenashi (1986), and Hiromitsu Isogai (1969). After him are Kaori Ekuni (1964), Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (1969), Shinya Nakano (1977), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (1973), and Masahiro Tanaka (1988).

Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 13Before him are Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Masao Takemoto (1919), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), and Kōji Gushiken (1956). After him are Daiki Hashimoto (2001), Mai Murakami (1996), Kenzō Shirai (1996), Kazuma Kaya (1996), Yusuke Tanaka (1989), and Koji Yamamuro (1989).